It seems like a movie script, like it's not real,” Novak said. “But it's just perfect how it all came together.” The Zurich Classic is a 72-hole stroke play format featuring four-ball (best ball) during the first and third rounds and foursomes (alternate shot) during the second and fourth rounds.

The PGA Tour returned to Louisiana for its annual Zurich Classic team event, offering a $9.2 million purse. Masters champion Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry were the headliners, but come Sunday afternoon the story was Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak,

The American duo, neither of whom had previously won an event on the tour, finished one shot clear of twin brothers Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard in Louisiana